By W. Tom Witherspoon ADSC/International Association of Foundation Drilling 2008 354 pages; $62.50
With President-elect Barack Obama’s plans in the works for an Eisenhower-style stimulus package designed to fix the nation’s roads, bridges and railways—and giving a sick economy a shot in the arm at the same time—a handy book has arrived to help public agencies, civil engineers and contractors take care of the patient.